Patents by Inventor Thomas Schaal

Thomas Schaal has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250389287
    Abstract: A safety valve device with a safety valve including a movable valve member and an actuating device by means of which it can be selectively set to a first switching state or to a second switching state. The safety valve module has several module connections, which are module input connections designed to be set to a plurality of different control switching states by a control valve controlling the supply and discharge of a working fluid, and module output connections designed for fluid connection to a double-acting actuator, and module vent connections designed for venting the double-acting actuator designed such that the first switching state is a closed normal position in which the fluid supply to the double-acting drive is blocked and both working chambers of the drive are vented simultaneously, in which the module output connections are fluidically connected to the module vent connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Applicant: Festo SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Spreitzenbarth, Thomas Schaal
  • Patent number: 12208887
    Abstract: A lift unit for an aircraft, having the following features: a fan, an engine bearing axially offset from the fan, and a cylindrical electric engine having a sheath surface framed by the engine bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Schaal, Sebastian Riesbeck
  • Publication number: 20230182895
    Abstract: A lift unit for an aircraft, having the following features: a fan, an engine bearing axially offset from the fan, and a cylindrical electric engine having a sheath surface framed by the engine bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Schaal, Sebastian Riesbeck
  • Patent number: 9227670
    Abstract: An electrical or electronic component (3) of a motor vehicle is mounted in an engine compartment of the motor vehicle by suspending the component (3) from a suspension cross-brace (1) and connecting the component (3) on a motor vehicle splashboard that separates the engine compartment from a passenger compartment. Such a mount permits a relatively heavy and relatively large electrical or electronic component to be accommodated in the engine compartment and securely mounted there.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Thomas Schaal
  • Publication number: 20120305322
    Abstract: An electrical or electronic component (3) of a motor vehicle is mounted in an engine compartment of the motor vehicle by suspending the component (3) from a suspension cross-brace (1) and connecting the component (3) on a motor vehicle splashboard that separates the engine compartment from a passenger compartment. Such a mount permits a relatively heavy and relatively large electrical or electronic component to be accommodated in the engine compartment and securely mounted there.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Thomas Schaal
  • Patent number: 6837203
    Abstract: The invention pertains to an automatic decompression device for valve-controlled internal combustion engines, having at least one camshaft for the actuation of gas shuttle valves and a decompression lever, which acts in cooperation with at least one gas shuttle valve and which is attached in a pivoting fashion on the camshaft on an axis of rotation, and which can be moved against a spring force from a first switch position into a second switch position as a result of the centrifugal forces acting on it during the revolution of the camshaft. It is suggested that the decompression lever be designed as a bow element the two ends of which are attached to the camshaft. The decompression arrangement is distinguished by a simple design, and is especially well-suited for small engines due to its lightweight construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: MTD Products Inc
    Inventors: Wolf Burger, Jan Schempp, Thomas Schaal
  • Publication number: 20040094110
    Abstract: The invention pertains to an automatic decompression device for valve-controlled internal combustion engines, having at least one camshaft for the actuation of gas shuttle valves and a decompression lever, which acts in cooperation with at least one gas shuttle valve and which is attached in a pivoting fashion on the camshaft on an axis of rotation, and which can be moved against a spring force from a first switch position into a second switch position as a result of the centrifugal forces acting on it during the revolution of the camshaft. It is suggested that the decompression lever be designed as a bow element the two ends of which are attached to the camshaft. The decompression arrangement is distinguished by a simple design, and is especially well-suited for small engines due to its lightweight construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Wolf Burger, Jan Schempp, Thomas Schaal